Q24. Consider the following statements about Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA):
1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2013 to provide strategic funding to all State higher educational institutions.
2. It is a voluntary scheme.
Which of the statements are correct?
b) 2 only
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
It is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2013 to provide strategic funding to eligible State higher educational institutions.
Despite being voluntary, all States except a Union Territory (Lakshadweep) are a part of RUSA.
Funding
The central funding is in the ratio of
The salient objectives of RUSA are to:
So the scheme is largely based on the conditional release of funds linked to reforms in the key areas of governance, learning-teaching outcomes, reaching out to the unreached and infrastructure support.